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Boxing Results: Seiya Tsutsumi Claims WBA Title Over Naoya Inoue’s Brother

Seiya Tsutsumi became the new WBA bantamweight world champion in Tokyo early Sunday morning, besting Takuma Inoue.

Tsutsumi swept the scorecards from the judges by totals of 114-113, 115-112 and 117-110 from inside the Ariake Arena. The card, which streamed live on ESPN+, was the first of back-to-back events from Tokyo featuring numerous title fights.

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With the win, Tsutsumi improved to 12-0-2 in his career as the 28-year-old captured his first world title. Inoue, the brother of undisputed junior featherweight champion Naoya Inoue, was making his first title defense and dropped to 20-2 overall.

During the second of the two events on Monday morning, Junto Nakatani defends his WBC title against Petch Sor Chitpattana. Should he be victorious, the two could be on a collision course for 2025.

Kenshiro Teraji stopped Cristofer Rosales to win the WBC flyweight title and become a two-weight class champion. Teraji improved to 24-1 and earned his 15th career knockout with the victory.

Shokichi Iwata stopped Jairo Noriega for the WBO junior flyweight title in the third round.

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